Where does “ghindar” come from?

ghindar (Romanian) comes from Romanian ghindă, from Latin glāns, from Proto-Italic glānts, from Proto-Indo-European gʷelh₂- — acorn.

ghindar (Romanian): oak tree

Definitions

  1. oak tree

Ancestry of “ghindar”, step by step

ghindar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian ghindă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianghindăacorn; clubs
2Latinglānsan acorn, nut; any acorn-shaped fruit; a beechnut, chestnut
3Proto-Italicglānts—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷelh₂-acorn

via Latin glandārius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinglandāriusOf or pertaining to acorns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic glānts →Every word from Latin glāns →